Portrait of Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de Mably

Quotes by Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de Mably

1709 – 1785

The Abbé de Mably (1709-1785) was the brother of Condillac and a noted French political writer of republican sympathies who thought the state should redistribute wealth of the grounds of equality.

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Politics & Liberty

The Abbé de Mably argues with John Adams about the dangers of a “commercial elite” seizing control of the new Republic and using it to their own advantage (1785)

Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de Mably